Improvement in gates



wiLLiAM n. ROGERS; OF HARLEN, ILLINOIS-5- Leaa-s Parmi: NUL 73,049, dated January 7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

'.IO ALL WI-IOM .IT MAY CONGERN: e

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. ROGERS, of Har-ien, in the county of Winnebago, and State of Illinois, have Iinvented a new and improved Gate; and I do hereby declare the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure I is a side elevation of my invention.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation, showing the gate opened.

Figure 3 isa detached plan view of the rollersat the bottom oi' the apparatus.

Figured is a detached View of the post A, showing the longitudinal groove therein, and

Figure 5 is a .detached side elevation of the latch-apparatus.

This invention consists of a gate provided with such mechanism that it may be operated from a carriage without necessitatingthe dismounting of the occupant therefrom, as will be hereinafter fully described.

To enable others Ato makeand use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its constrnctionand operation.

A represents the main post of the gate set vertically in the ground or on a-s'ill. To the upper nend of the post is hinged lthe upper rail, a, of the gate, which rail projects in rear of the post A, passing between the two upright posts b b', and projecting Valso in rear of them to n suitable distance, and being vprovided witha weight,

c, of suihcient gravity tone-arly counterpoise the gate. The other rails, a', of the gate are connected with the upper rail and with each other by the cross-pieces d d, on the lazy-tongsprinciplc, the railsulosing together as the gate swings upward, and' expanding as it comes downward, in the well-known convenient manner; At the opposite end ofthe gate is the post A', similar to A, both being provided lwith longitudinal grooves, a, on their inner sides7 in which are the ends of the gate-rails when closed, and by means of which the gate is stayed against lateral pressure. To thc counterpoise'c, at points in rear of the centre, are attached the ends of two cords, e e', one of which passes over the sheave 7L, in the post b, and runs thence to the sheave z', mounted on the top ofthe T-post 7:. The other cord, e', in like manner passes over thesimilar sheaves h i', mounted on thesimilar posts la c, on the Opposite side of the gate. The posts b b are placed only far enough apart to admit of the free working of the counterpoise between them. The T-posts k are to be set in the ground opposite the main post A, and far enough therefrom, and low enoughto enable-the occupant of a carriage approaching the gate to grasp the handles l Z m m of the cords ce n n withoutdismounting. Justabove the counterpoise c, a. horizontal barge, is attached'at each end to one of the posts b b. On the upper side of this counterpoise is arranged a latch consisting of a small bar, o, sliding in supports r r, between which is a spiral spring, s, around the bar o. The forward end of the bar o forms a catch which impinges on the cross-bar o, and frustrates the intent whenever the gate lislattempted-to be lifted up without employing the cords. To the rear end of the bar o are attached the ends of cords n n', which pass through the eye t on the counterpoise, and thence to the rollers u u', mounted in suitable frames at the lower ends of the posts I; b. The' cord n passes under the roller u, thence up over the sheave v, near the upper end of the post b, whence it runs to the sheave w, on the top of the T-post lc,

where it isattached to the handle m. The other cord, m', in like manner passes underthe roller u', and over the similar sheaves, o w', in the posts b la', and is attached to. Ithe like handle', m. The cords e n e 'n' are provided with hanging weights :z: y az y', between'the sheaves z. z' h t" v w v w', respectively, for the purpose of taking up the slack.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Suppose a carriage approaches the gate on theF side of the T-post k. The occupant pulls the handle m ofthe cord n, theopposite end of which is attached to the rear end of the latch-bar o. By the force of the pull the latch-har is drawn clear of the cross-bar o, the counterpoise a drawn downward, and the gate `raised. .The carriage haring passed through, the occupant then pulls the handle Z of the cord c', the oppositelend of which is attached to the upper side of the counterpoise at a point, as has been said, in rear ofthe centre. Consequently the connterpoise is raised by the force of the pull, and the gate` again lowered into its place, whereupon the latch-bar o'immediately catches again on the cross-bar o. The same operation is, of course, gone through with, whichever side of th'e gate is approached. As the operator is always nearer the gate when it is to be closed than when it is to be opened, (being separated from it in the one case by the length of the horse and'part oi` the carriage, and in the other case only by part ofthe carriage,) the handles by means of which the former operation is performed are placed at the ends of the T-posts next the gate.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim-as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl. The combination of the gate a al with the cord n and the roller it, sheaves v w, and handle m, or anA equivalent, arranged for thc purpose of opening the gate substantially as described.

2. The combination of said gate with the vcord e and the sheaves 71. z' and handle `Z, or an equivalent, for closing the gate substantially as described. I

WILLIAM H. ROGERS.

i Witnesses: Y

C. -W. SnnLDON, G. W. FORD. t 

